When he was a child Baruh was a member of “Beitar” and later of “Hehalutz Hatzair”. As soon as 1941, he helped refugees from German occupied areas arrive in Budapest. In 1943 he was enlisted in a forced labor unit and within that framework he took part in underground activities. With help from liaison people, members of the Zionist youth movements, he distributed forged documents to the people in the unit in order to help them escape. He deserted and joined a unit of partisans, named after the Hungarian poet “Sándor Petøfi”, which was set up after the failure of the Slovak uprising. Baruh received the “Uprising Decoration” from the Slovak government. He is a member of Moshav Tzofit.
Baruh Tzahor is the author of the book: Lo Hayiti Gibor (I Wasn’t Hero) published by Maarechet Kibbutz Dalia 1997 (Hebrew)
